Narcissism – The I’s Have It
Who are you loving today? Narcissism describes the trait of excessive self-love, based on self-image or ego. The term narcissism means love of oneself, and refers to the set of…
Platonic Forms – Platonic Love
What did Plato refer to when he used the word “form”? Reality. If Plato is right, we are not entitled to think of reality in the conventional commonsense way, that…
Belittling Whittling
They live among us and seem to be breeding faster than a warren of rabbits on amphetamines. Chip, chip, chip… They spend their days whittling others down. They are the…
Non-Doing is Brewing
How often do events and daily drama trap us in reactivity? Reactivity seems to always engage us in some kind of doing response. In fact, the reactivity itself is a…
Quintessence – Essence of the Essence
I just returned from a 10–day retreat with A.H. Almaas. The retreat was held at Asilomar near Monterey, California. The focus of the retreat was Quintessence which Almaas refers to…
Knowing, Knowledge & Understanding
I have a friend who teaches psychology. Let’s call him Dr. since he has a Ph.D. in psychology. The Dr. is an okay guy. Nice enough, friendly and a little…